Takin’ out the Trash at Daffodil Flats

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Dedicated volunteers hiked the infamous Leadmine route today to round up tires and other trash in the southern end of Linville Gorge.

 

Deep in Linville Gorge, the old homestead site now referred to as Daffodil Flats is not easy to access…. (Photo: Nicholas Massey)

 

… yet scattered throughout the Linville River floodplain are half-buried tires and other debris carried in during floods. (Photo: Kevin Massey)

 

Some of these tires are too heavy to carry far, and it’s easier to roll them whenever you can. (Photo: Nicholas Massey)

 

A great crew and a successful day. This pile of junk will soon be carried out of the wilderness by volunteers working in relays to clean up their gorge. (Photo: Kevin Massey)